HISTORY

ANCIENT HISTORY, MIDDLE AGES AND ARCHAEOLOGY

ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME . HELLENISM

• I. E. Surikov (Moscow) — Some Problems of Solon’s Poetry [p. 3]
• V. S. Lenskaya (Moscow) — The Athenian Priest as a Sanctuary Administrator [p. 24]
• A. Ladynin (Moscow) — Alexander “The New Sesonchosis”: Egyptian Propagandist Fiction of the Early Hellenism and Preconditions of its Origin [p. 35]
• E. M. Berzon (St. Petersburg) — Antiochus, The Heir and the Co-Ruler of the Great King Antiochus [p. 52]
• O. K. Borisov (Vologda), R. V. Lapyryonok (Saratov) — Ancient Evidence for the Law of Rubrius [p. 64]
• A. E. Negin (Nizhni Novgorod) — Scene of Hare’s Laceration by an Eagle as Subject of Roman Defensive Armament Decoration [p. 72]

THE BLACK SEA REGION

• V. K. Peshekhonov (Moscow) — Countermarks on Thasian Coins of the 5th — 1st Centuries BC. Part I. Countermarks on Thasian bronze coins [p. 82]
• V. G. Zubarev (Tula), D. Y. Ponomaryov, A. V. Nikitayev (Kerch) — New Tomb of the Late Antique Time from Necropolis of the Ancient Settlement of “Belinskoe” [p. 93]
• A. V. Antipenko (Simferopol) — Reconstruction of Horse Equipment in the 3rd Century AD from the Neyzats necropolis [p. 109]

THE ANCIENT ORIENT

• V. S. Solovyev, R. V. Tikhonov (Eletsk) — The Terracotta Plastic Arts of the Settlement Dabilkurgan in Northern Baktria [p. 121]

PREHISTORY

• А. А. Faizullin (Orenburg) — Industrial Complexes of the Pit-Grave Culture in the Volga and Ural Rivers Region [p. 130]
• I. A. Fayzullin (Orenburg) — The History of the Study of Sites of the Timber Grave Culture in the Western Orenburg Region [p. 137]

MESOAMERICA

• D. S. Bayda (Moscow) — Women of The Classic Maya Court in Text and Image [p. 143]
• E. S. Ostrirova (Moscow) — Initial Stages of the Development of Complex Societies in Northern Colombia (1000 BC — 1000 AD) [p. 154]

RUSSIAN HISTORY

• A. N. Slyadz (St.-Petersburg) — Back Ground to the Byzantine Annexation of the Azov Region: landless Prince Rostislav Vladimirovich [p. 161]
• Z. R. Sabirova (Ufa) — At the Crossroads: Disputes of the National Intellectuals on Formation of the Bashkir Autonomy [p. 174]

ETHNOLOGY

• L. N. Khakhovskaya (Magadan) — Expeditions between Chukotka and Alaska: Ethic Factor In Overcoming Political Boundaries [p. 182]
• O. V. Akhmadrakhimova (Ufa) — Current Status of Bashkir Folk Epic “Zayatulyak and Hyukhylu” Existence [p. 194]

PHILOLOGY

LITERARY CRITICISM

• T. Ye. Abramzon (Magnitogorsk) — Fortuna-Besom and Other Goddesses of Happiness in N. L’vov’s Poetry [p. 199]
• A. D. Ivinsky (Moscow) — History of Catherine the Great’s Collection of Works: Publication of the Memoirs of the Empress [p. 204]
• T. M. Uzdeyeva (Grozny) — New ‘‘New People’’ in the Novel ‘‘What to Do?’’ by N. G. Chernyshevsky [p. 216]
• N. A. Hubbitdinova (Ufa) — Art Reflection of the Folk Traditions in S. Babich’s Works: by the 120th Anniversary of Bashkir Poet [p. 221]
• M. A. Galieva (Moscow) — Seekers ‘‘Other Kingdom’’ in Russian Culture During the First World and the Civil War: V. Khlebnikov, E. N. Trubetskoy [p. 226]
• E. V. Petrova (Magnitogorsk) — Walter Pater: The problem of English Hedonism in ‘‘The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry’’ [p. 231]
• E. V. Surovtseva (Moscow) — Letters by V. G. Korolenko to the Councillor of State Filonov, H. G. Rakovskom and A. V. Lunacharsky in Context of Genre ‘‘Letters to Master’’ [p. 235]
• T. Ye. Smykovskaya (Blagoveshchensk) — The Collection of the Poems and Songs by the Prisoners ‘‘Putearmeytsy’’ as a Sourse of the Camp Poetry Study [p. 239]
• M. V. Rodinа (Tambov) — ‘‘The Magician’s Nephew’’ by C. S. Lewis and the Biblical Myth of Creation: Before the Dawn of History [p. 244]
• T. I. Vasilyeva (Magnitogorsk) — Forms of Representation of the Author’s Consciousness in L. I. Borodin’s Prose [p. 252]

LINGUISTICS

• N. V. Gorbova (Krasnoyarsk) — Linguocultural Parameters of Value-Semantics Perception of the World (Based on the Study of the Concept “Gift” in the Russian Paremiology) [p. 257]
• G. R. Karimova, Sh. V. Nafi kof, R. A. Suleymanova (Ufa) — The Origin of a Bashkir Word from the Swadesh List [p. 263]
• T. I. Kuznetsova, I. A. Kuznetsov (Moscow) — The Distinctive Features of the Use Of Set Verbal-Nominal Word Expressions in the English Scientific and Technical Text [p. 268]
• Z. R. Zhakhanova (Almaty) — Structural and Semantic Peculiarities of Multicomponent Terms in Modern Russian and English Languages (On the Basis of the Language of Construction and Architecture) [p. 274]
• N. Ch. Sereedar (Kyzyl) — Repetition of Cognate Words in the Elementary Simple Sentence of the Tuva Language [p. 280]
• G. F. Lutfullina, I. V. Marzoeva (Kazan) — Comparative Analysis of the Role of Quantifi ed Objects In Representing Diachronic Situations With Action Verbs in Frehch and Tatar Languages [p. 285]

CULTURE

ART CRITICISM

• E. V. Gorbunova (Volgograd) — The Origins and Basics of Art Desacralization [p. 292]

PAGES OF HISTORIOGRAPHY

• А. S. Smirnov (Moscow) — Count Alexey Aleksandrovich Bobrinskiy and New Government [p. 300]

SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

• Yu. V. Kulikova (St.-Petersburg) — 2014 Dyakonov’s Readings Conducted by the V. F. Semyonov’s Department of the Ancient World and the Middle Ages History, Historical Faculty, Moscow State Pedagogical University (6th May, 2014) [p. 310]
• S. G. Shulezhkova (Magnitogorsk) — The Planet will Speak Russian! [p. 316]

METHODOLOGY OF SCIENCE

• A. A. Maslennikov, S. V. Mesnyakina (Moscow) — Up-to-date Organization of Field Archaeological Surveys in Russian Federation [p. 322]

SOME PROBLEMS OF SOLON’S POETRY

I. E. Surikov

The article deals with Solonian poetical legacy and particularly with Solon’s attitude to agonality so widespread in Greece of his time; features of novelty and continuity of this author in comparison with the epic; connection of Solon’s poems with the phenomenon of symposion.

Key words: Solon, Archaic Greece, poetry, agon, novelty, continuity, symposion

THE ATHENIAN PRIEST AS A SANCTUARY ADMINISTRATOR

V. S. Lenskaya

The author analyzes the duties of the Athenian priest as a sanctuary curator (maintaining the order and safety of the sanctuary and its property), and considers the differences between polis priests, genos-appointed priests, and priests of various cult associations. She aims to restore the order of changes in the polis temple and comes to the conclusion that they always used to be of a collegial nature. The priest filed a request for repairs to the Council. The Council reviewed the request and transferred it to the Assembly, which selected representatives among the people (and sometimes from the Council or the Areopagus) to observe the process. The author then reviews the priest’s level of participation in the financial and administrative management of the temple during the Classic and the Hellenistic periods. In conclusion, the author raises the question whether it’s possible to regard the Athenian priest as a magistrate and confirms that the «magistrate» concept fully corresponds with the category of polis priests.

Key words: Athens, priests, cult, temple, temple administration, magistrates

ALEXANDER “THE NEW SESONCHOSIS”: EGYPTIAN PROPAGANDIST FICTION OF THE EARLY HELLENISM AND PRECONDITIONS OF ITS ORIGIN

I. A. Ladynin

The comparison of Alexander the Great in some fragments of “The Novel about Alexander” to the legendary Egyptian King Sesonchosis, the great warrior, seems to be a replica of an Egyptian propagandist fi ction: at the beginning of human history, the Egyptians established their dominion over the world, which completed its dispensation, then it passed to other people that violated the norms of the world order, but eventually it had to go back to Egypt (which, according to the “The Novel about Alexander” happened under Alexander — the legal King of Egypt). The components of this fi ction are found in the statements of Dicaearchus of Messena and Pompeius Trogus; and it probably must have emerged in Egypt still before the Hellenism (allegedly, under Tachos in the mid 4th century BC) to become known in the Greek tradition.

Key words: Alexander the Great, Sesonchosis, world-dominion, propaganda, Tachos

ANTIOCHUS, THE HEIR AND THE CO-RULER OF THE GREAT KING ANTIOCHUS

E. M. Berzon

The article is devoted to examination of the biography of prince Antiochus, the eldest son and co-ruler of the King Antiochus III the Great. The author pays particular attention to such events of the heir’s life as his coronation, the chronological and geographical scope of his official life and the marriage to his sister Laodike in the context of the Seleucid matrimonial policy. The deeds of Antiochus the Younger as a co-ruler of his father are considered separately; there were several directions: a political settlement of relations with Greek city-states of Western Asia Minor, diplomatic-representative role, participation in war campaigns (including a personal command of some contingents). A special attention is given to offi cial royal titulature of the coruler, which apparently underwent a change on the turn of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. So, the biography of the prince Antiochus the Younger gives a perfect example that allows to analyze the position of the co-ruler and his formal status, more clearly defi ne the nature of his authorities and reveal his role in the system of government as a whole.

Key words: the Seleucid Kingdom, co-rulers, dynastic politics, Antiochus III, prince Antiochus

ANCIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE LAW OF RUBRIUS

O. K. Borisov, R. V. Lapyryonok

The paper considers the ancient evidence for the lex Rubria which regulated the foundation of the first Roman colony in Africa — Iunonia. The author tries to define the legal status of land allotments in this colony. He discusses the most important reconstructions of this law made by Th. Mommsen, F. T. Hinrichs, K. Johannsen, M. H. Crawford and L. de Ligt. The author’s come to the conclusion that the legal status of land allotments in Iunonia was ager privatus
vectigalisque.

Key words: Gaius Gracchus, M. Fulvius Flaccus, Iunonia, Roman Africa, Roman public land, ager privatus vectigalisque, agrarian commission

SCENE OF HARE’S LACERATION BY AN EAGLE AS SUBJECT OF ROMAN DEFENSIVE ARMAMENT DECORATION

A. E. Negin

The article deals with the unique plot with hare’s laceration by the eagle scene available on the decorated of pteryges of anatomical cuirasses depicted on Roman marble torsos. A hare shown in the claws of an eagle or a hawk — it is rare plot of decoration of the so-called loricati. But this subject also has parallels on real armament, including Roman gladiatorial armor. Depiction of an eagle on military equipment have been intended to instill fear into an enemy by matching armament owner with a proud animal that leaves no one alive. The motive of successful hunting for the cowardly, but agile hare symbolizes excellence, success, victory, and power on the one hand, and helplessness of the victim or enemy on the other hand. This scene on the defensive armament it is symbolic expression of imminent and bloodless victory and establishing of full authority over the enemy.

Key words: Roman army, defensive armour, helmets, greaves, loricati, Roman Imperial cult

COUNTERMARKS ON THASIAN COINS OF THE 5th — 1st CENTURIES BC. PART I. COUNTERMARKS ON THASIAN BRONZE COINS

V. K. Peshekhonov

The paper deals with the countermarks on bronze coins of Thasos. The author considers the basic groups of countermarks which are divided into two periods. The first period is dated to the end of the Vth century BC, the second one belongs to the 2nd — 1st centuries BC. The author puts an emphasis on the complex of Aquae Calidae (Burgas) and the Strashimir Hoard (CH IV 79).

Key words: Thasos, countermarks, bronze coins, Thrace, coin circulation

NEW TOMB OF THE LATE ANTIQUE TIME FROM NECROPOLIS OF THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT OF “BELINSKOE”

V. G. Zubarev, D. Y. Ponomaryov, A. V. Nikitayev

The article is the fi rst publication of the materials from excavation of a new tomb of the late antique time in the ancient settlement of “Belinskoe” in the Eastern Crimea. The authors consider in detail the structural design of the vault and characterize funeral equipment and anthropological material. Special attention is paid to the individual peculiarities of the skeleton bones: the combat injury (arrow wound); the case of the burial of the corpse extracted from the
sea. The complex analysis of the material from the new tomb allows us to associate this burial with the known, according to the written sources (Zosimus), events in the Northern regions near the Black Sea at the end of the fi rst quarter of the 4th century AD.

Key words: The East Crimea, necropolis of the ancient settlement of “Belinskoe”, the cut out tomb with a short dromos, funeral equipment, anthropological analysis, Zosimus

RECONSTRUCTION OF HORSE EQUIPMENT IN THE 3rd CENTURY AD FROM THE NEYZATS NECROPOLIS

A. V. Antipenko

The article examines the archaeological material taken from the grave no. 183 in the Neyzats Necropolis. The main attention is paid to the set of horse equipment. Among the finds, decorative and functional elements of a horse harness are presented. Of a particular interest there are cheekpieces that do not have direct analogies. Based on the quantitative composition and the possible functional purpose of the elements, one variant of reconstruction of the ammunition for horse riding is presented by the author. This complex dates back to the fi rst half of the 3rd century AD and, in its general features, it fi ts into a single stylistic and morphological range of the horse trappings typical for the Late Sarmatian culture.

Key words: the Neyzats Necropolis, funeral custom, horse riding equipment, the “equestrian order”

THE TERRACOTTA PLASTIC ARTS OF THE SETTLEMENT DABILKURGAN IN NORTHERN BAKTRIA

V. S. Solovyev, R. V. Tikhonov

The terracotta published by the authors was found under the excavations of the settlement Dabilkurgan in Southern Uzbekistan. The article defi nes their dating and gives their interpretation. The authors believe that the given fi ndings supplement the knowledge of spiritual life of the population of Baktria-Tokharistan for a long time.

Key words: Baktria-Tokharistan, Dabilkurgan, terracotta

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES OF THE PIT-GRAVE CULTURE IN THE RIVERS REGION THE VOLGA AND URAL

А. А. Faizullin

In this article on the basis of the funerary monuments of pit-grave culture of the Volga-Ural its industrial complexes are investigated. The special attention is paid to burials in which there are tools associated with metallurgical production and carpentry. The analysis of funerary complexes allows author to draw a conclusion that in pit society specialization in the field of metallurgy and carpentry begins to appear.

Key words: Volga-Ural Interfl uves, pit-grave culture, craft, master, metallurgy, carpentry, social structure

THE HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF SITES OF THE TIMBER GRAVE CULTURE IN THE WESTERN ORENBURG REGION

I. A. Fayzullin

This work is devoted to the history of the study of household monuments of the so-called Srubnaya (Timber Grave) culture in the Western Orenburg region. This article considers the researching problems of the monuments in the Bronze Age. The main aspects of investigation are field monuments of the Timber-Grave culture, and the contribution of the Orenburg archaeological expedition.

Key words: Srubnaya (Timber-Grave) culture, the Western Orenburg region, Bronze Age

WOMEN OF THE CLASSIC MAYA COURT IN TEXT AND IMAGE

D. S. Bayda

The article discusses some questions related to the image of women in court society of the ancient Maya of the classical period as it is represented in various types of written and visual sources. Special attention is paid to the political role of women in the court and its reflection in the surviving sources.

Key words: Maya, royal court, gender studies, epigraphy, iconography

INITIAL STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES IN NORTHERN COLOMBIA (1000 BC — 1000 AD)

E. S. Ostrirova

The paper gives an overview for early pottery sites of Northern Colombia and development of villages of early farmers and fi shermen in the 1st century BC — 1st century AD by the example of settlements in the bays of the Caribbean coast of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Key words: Colombia, Tairona, Indians, early ceramic, archaeology

BACK GROUND TO THE BYZANTINE ANNEXATION OF THE AZOV REGION: LANDLESS PRINCE ROSTISLAV VLADIMIROVICH

A. N. Slyadz

The article is devoted to one of the key episodes of the Byzantine-Russian relations in the second half of XI century — the rule of the grandson of Yaroslav the Wise Rostislav Vladimirovich in Tmutarakan (1064–1066), who was by his uncle Svyatoslav of Chernigov and the government of Emperor Constantine X Doukas. Rostislav - a rogue prince came to power in a formally fi xed for the Chernigov principality, but tended to an independent city, and threatened interests of Constantinople, and Chernigov, was poisoned by katepano of Kherson. This event led to the strengthening of Byzantine influence in the Azov region and was the prologue to its absorption by the Empire three decades later.

Key words: Byzantium, Rus, Kherson, Tmutarakan, Rostislav Vladimirovich, Constantine X Doukas, SvyatoslavYaroslavich

AT THE CROSSROADS: DISPUTES OF THE NATIONAL INTELLECTUALS ON FORMATION OF THE BASHKIR AUTONOMY

Z. R. Sabirova

Revolutions of the beginning of the 20th century and the democratization of political life followed them raised the political development of the non-Russian people, making nearly 57% of the population of the country, on a new step. A common feature of all national movements was that they were a part of the all-Russian democratic process and corresponded to it as a part and the whole. Each concrete ratio made the feature of this or that national region and was, thus, the local modifi cation of the general regularities of the democratic movement of the country.

Key words: XX century, the national intelligentsia, Bashkir and Tatar elite

EXPEDITIONS BETWEEN CHUKOTKA AND ALASKA: ETHIC FACTOR IN OVERCOMING POLITICAL BOUNDARIES

L. N. Khakhovskaya

The role of the ethnic factor in the political process are examined. This topic is discussed in a local story, as the expeditions between Chukotka and Alaska, carried out during the Period of Perestroika and Glasnost. The purpose of expeditions consisted primarily in the removal of political and ideological boundaries. The travels were extreme: distance overcome by skiing, dog sledding, canoes and even swim. An important component of activation of the intergovernmental dialogue between USSR and USA became the mobilization of ethnicity, which took actional and rhetorical form of reunifi cation “split” ethnic group Eskimos. The expectations of indigenous people of Chukotka from the opening of frontiers were not justifi ed. Ethnic leaders comprehended these processes as a “geographical imperialism”.

Key words: Eskimosi, Chukchi, Chukotka, Alaska, expedition, ethnicity, “geographical imperialism”

CURRENT STATUS OF BASHKIR FOLK EPIC “ZAYATULYAK AND HYUKHYLU” EXISTENCE

O. V. Akhmadrakhimova

In the article modern records of the Bashkir folk epic “Zayatulyak and Hyukhylu” are considered. The author makes an attempt to determine the degree of safety, conditions of existence of this work. The article deals with modern recording Bashkir folk epic “Zayatulyak and Hyuhylu”. The author makes an attempt to the degree of safety, conditions of existence of the work.

Key words: bashkir folklore, folk epic, option, informant

FORTUNA-BESOM AND OTHER GODDESSES OF HAPPINESS IN N. L’VOV’S POETRY

T. Ye. Abramzon

The article is devoted to an episode in the history of the search of earthly happiness by Russian poets of the Enlightenment — to images of happiness in N. L’vov’s poetry. The founder of the literary circle and an outstanding poet N. L’vov proposed several concepts of happiness and put them into original poetic forms. False, deceptive happiness, happiness of wealth and success in society is connected with the Roman Goddess Fortuna, her image is endowed with demonic features. Fortune-besom is opposed to peace happiness, the happiness of a quiet house, which requires idyllic image colors. In playful ironic discourse L’vov creates an image of the goddess of Laziness, thanks to whom a man can grasp the “real” earthly happiness. L’vov’s searches are within the scope of pursuit of earthly happiness, but the poet’s preference is given to an ideal of calm private happiness.

Key words: N. L’vov, Happiness, Russian Poetry of the 18th Century, Fortune, Enlightenment

HISTORY OF CATHERINE THE GREAT’S COLLECTION OF WORKS: PUBLICATION OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS

A. D. Ivinsky

The article is devoted to the history of publication of Catherine the Great’s Memoirs in the twelfth volume of her Collection of works. Its editors, A. N. Pypin and Y. L. Barskov, had to solve problems of Catherinian textual criticism and Great Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, the president of Academy of science, to publish these documents.

Key words: Catherine II, A. N. Pynin, Y. L. Barskov, persuade Great Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich, autobiographical notes

NEW ‘‘NEW PEOPLE’’ IN THE NOVEL ‘‘WHAT TO DO?’’ BY N. G. CHERNYSHEVSKY

T. M. Uzdeyeva

This article analyzes the images of the secondary characters of the novel “What to do?”. The theme of spiritual formation of Katya Polozova, Beaumont, “the lady in mourning” is associated with the fi fth, sixth and fi nal chapter of the novel. The author has found in them the description of the way of life. The principle invariance of scene combinations built on repetition is established. The author’s plan indicating later emergence in the novel “new” “decent people”, serving as the evidence of the forward accruing social development in the middle of the 19th century in Russia is solved. The episode role of “winter picnic” in the novel is designated. Ideological and art function of an image “lady in mourning” is planned. In the article the question of its autobiographism is discussed.

Key words: new people, decent people, special person, autobiographism

ART REFLECTION OF THE FOLK TRADITIONS IN S. BABICH’S WORKS: BY THE 120th ANNIVERSARY OF BASHKIR POET

N. A. Hubbitdinova

In the poetic works prominent Bashkir poet S. Babich appealed to people’s oral-poetic tradition of poem performance to the melody of a certain song, resorted to the genre of the national epic genre kubair in the art and esthetic purposes used fl oorboards, sayings, etc. According to the author, the study in this way of national poet’s works, in particular, and the Bashkir literature of the beginning of the 20th century as a whole, promotes deeper disclosure and synthesis of creative development and transformation of folk traditions.

Key words: folk tradition, literature, poet, motive, plot, song, art use

SEEKERS ‘‘OTHER KINGDOM’’ IN RUSSIAN CULTURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD AND THE CIVIL WAR: V. KHLEBNIKOV, E. N. TRUBETSKOY

M. A. Galieva

The article raises the question of the relationship of ideas Khlebnikov, his views on the fairy tale lectures on poetics tales by E. N. Trubetskoy. Article by Khlebnikov ‘‘The benefits of studying fairy tales’’ is of particular interest, as the poet turns to the archaic, national axiology that its roots in the formulas, extending deep into the times. Here it is also possible to raise a question in the long term of the rootedness of culture and aesthetics of avant-garde in folklore, in myth.

Key words: myth, folklore, literature, Khlebnikov, Troubetskoy

WALTER PATER: THE PROBLEM OF ENGLISH HEDONISM IN ‘‘THE RENAISSANCE: STUDIES IN ART AND POETRY’’

E. V. Petrova

The theme of pleasure and enjoyment attracts many philosophers and writers. One of them is W. Pater. It may be said that he is a founder of English hedonism. In his book “The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry” he explained his concept of aesthetic hedonism clearly and completely.

Key words: hedonism, beauty, art, artist, experience pleasure

LETTERS BY V. G. KOROLENKO TO THE COUNCILLOR OF STATE FILONOV, H. G. RAKOVSKOM AND A. V. LUNACHARSKY IN CONTEXT OF GENRE ‘‘LETTERS TO MASTER’’

E. V. Surovtseva

In the article letters by V. G. Korolenko to power structures are analyzed, fit into a special epistolary genre “letters to master”. The writer created letters invectives both at imperial, and at the Soviet mode. Owing to more strict acceptable ban at the new power it was compelled to create much more letters invectives, than at tsar instead of actually publicistic works

Key words: V. G. Korolenko, “letters to master”, letter-invective, Russian literature

THE COLLECTION OF THE POEMS AND SONGS BY THE PRISONERS ‘‘PUTEARMEYTSY’’ AS A SOURSE OF THE CAMP POETRY STUDY

T. Ye. Smykovskaya

The paper deals with the literature published in the BAMLAG — a subdivision of the GULAG system of soviet correction labour camps that existed in the Amur region from 1932 till 1946 with the central administration located in the town of Svobodny. In the article the collection of poetry and songs of camp correspondents of “Putearmeytsy” is considered. Taking this as an example, the key images and motifs of works of the BAMLAG poets representing the most extensive layer of literary life of the «Svobodny» camp — the offi cial creativity which appeared by the order and ideological expectations of the camp authorities are analyzed.

Key words: ‘‘Putearmeytsy’’, the literature of BAMlAG, collection, poem, poetry

‘‘THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW’’ BY C. S. LEWIS AND THE BIBLICAL MYTH OF CREATION: BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY

M. V. Rodinа

The article deals with the mythopoetic backgrounds of “The Magician’s Nephew” by C. S. Lewis from the cycle “The Chronicles of Narnia”. The author gives a comparative analysis of the two texts, drawing parallels between the biblical myth of creation and the mentioned story, analyses the key features of the biblical myth and its signifi cance for construing all the levels of Lewis’ fi ctional world: the level of story and plot, the level of personages and the level of messages

Key words: myth, mythopoesis, mythopoetic model, mythological images, plots and motives, the biblical myth of creation, the Genesis, the Book of Job

FORMS OF REPRESENTATION OF THE AUTHOR’S CONSCIOUSNESS IN L. I. BORODIN’S PROSE

T. I. Vasilyeva

This paper studies subjective and objective forms of representation of the author’s consciousness. It presents a trend in contemporary literature towards blurring of lines between the author and a main narrating character by the example of Borodin’s works. It analyzes features of manifestation of an explicit author, different types of consciousness, conceptualization of the artistic world in the writer’s works of the late 20th century.

Key words: author’s consciousness, literary concept, subjective and objective forms of representation of the author’s consciousness, type of consciousness

LINGUOCULTURAL PARAMETERS OF VALUE-SEMANTICS PERCEPTION OF THE WORLD (based on the study of the concept “gift” in the Russian paremiology)

N. V. Gorbova

The article describes the cross-cultural study of “gift code” in Russian culture represented in Russian proverbs and sayings. Linguocultural experiment is conducted to study the valuesemantics of the concept “GIFT” on the basis of the Russian equivalent of the proverb “Never look a gift horse in the mouth”. The most frequently-used Russian proverbs with the concept “GIFT’’ are also analyzed.

Key words: linguocultura, paremiology, the concept “gift”, linguocultural experiment

THE ORIGIN OF A BASHKIR WORD FROM THE SWADESH LIST

G. R. Karimova, Sh. V. Nafikof, R. A. Suleymanova

The article deals with one lexeme-verb “bite” taken from the Swadesh list. The Bashkir equivalent of this lexeme, according to authors of research, has etymology within the Altai languages, including the Turkic. The etymology within the theory of long-distance language relationship and/or comparison (English is possible. Longrange comparison). Isoglosses with a general root of a type of qab-pass in various modifi cations on distribution areas the Nostratic,
Sino-Caucasian, Amerind and Austric and other (hypothetical) macrofamilies. Many types of semantic changes are noted, the majority from which concentrate on general sense of “seize”.

Key words: Bashkir, the Swadesh list, macrofamilies of the world’s languages, hypothetical links, immediate and further etymologies, Borean super family

THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE USE OF SET VERBAL-NOMINAL WORD EXPRESSIONS IN THE ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TEXT

T. I. Kuznetcova, I. A. Kuznetcov

In this article the features of the use of set verbal-nominal word expressions in the English scientific and technical text are defined. It is offered to classify set verbal-nominal word expressions by types of diffi culty of their understanding at reading. The technology of recognition of verbal-nominal word expressions is presented. 4 types of diffi culty of understanding of set word expressions are considered and the algorithm of their overcoming is offered.

Key words: the set word expressions, the English scientific and technical text, translation for special purposes

STRUCTURAL AND SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES OF MULTICOMPONENT TERMS IN MODERN RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES (On the Basis of the Language of Construction and Architecture)

Z. R. Zhakhanova

The article deals with structural and semantic peculiarities of multicomponent terms in modern Russian and English languages in the fi eld of architecture and construction. The need for detailed studies of multicomponent terms is connected with the growing interest of linguists to special features of sublanguages and the need to identify the specifi c features of the language of science and technology, the importance of studying the special category as well. In the article the basic models of multicomponent terms and the frequency of their usage are defi ned, peculiarities of translating multicomponent terms from English into Russian are characterized.

Key words: multicomponent term, term, sublanguage, linguistics, terminological word combinations

REPETITION OF COGNATE WORDS IN THE ELEMENTARY SIMPLE SENTENCE OF THE TUVA LANGUAGE

N. Ch. Sereedar

The paper deals with the methods of expression of repetitions in the elementary simple sentences of the Tuva language. The different points of view of turcologists about value of repetitions are considered. Specific usage of repetitions is shown. Semantic shades of repetitions are analyzed. It is noted in the paper that the verbs of action, state verbs, behavior verbs, verbs of motion can have at themselves a direct object of action. The direct object is equally possible as at the predicate expressed by a transitive verb and at the predicate expressed by an intransitive verb.

Key words: elementary simple sentences, repetition, emphatic meaning, colloquial style, action verbs

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF QUANTIFIED OBJECTS IN REPRESENTING DIACHRONIC SITUATIONS WITH ACTION VERBS IN FREHCH AND TATAR LANGUAGES

G. F. Lutfullina, I. V. Marzoeva

The article presents a comparative analysis of the role of quantifi cation of various objects type in representing diachronic situations with physical, intellectual and social action predicates in French and Tatar languages. Isomorphism of two languages is found in the fact that the importance of quantifying components depends on their distance from the predicate: close - the object, then - the recipient, and then the last spatial localizer. French accurately transmit
information about the quantity of objects in accordance with a number of situations. Tatar suggests a logical reconstruction of number of objects based on the quantifi cation of the subject, other objects or spatial localizer.

Key words: quantification, diachronism, object

THE ORIGINS AND BASICS OF ART DESACRALIZATION

E. V. Gorbunova

The article examines the complicated, step by step process of desacralisation of art in Western European culture, dating back to the Middle Ages. This process is rooted in rejecting the idea of the Absolute, the Divine Ground that usually stabilizes and puts in order all cultural reality. The author indicates the stages of desacralization and their specifi c features in artistic work, and reveals the most signifi cant outcomes of desacralization for modern culture. The
lack of spirituality in modern creative culture and art, the substantial spiritual depletion of the foundation of culture as a whole are attributed mainly to the loss of the transcendental ground, characteristic of the previous traditional classical culture and aesthetics, in other words, the author links those features to the principle of desacralization as the ontological basis of the present post-modernistic art, which also has an ideological nature.

Key words: art desacralization, postmodern, spiritual crisis, stages of desacralization

COUNT ALEXEY ALEKSANDROVICH BOBRINSKY AND NEW GOVERNMENT

A. S. Smirnov

The article is dedicated to the activity of the Head of Archaeological Commission, A. A. Bobrinsky, since the February Revolution of 1917 until his departure from Petrograd in 1918. In those months, despite many everyday problems, A. A. Bobrinskiy made efforts to establish relations with new authority in the country, — both with Temporary Government and Bolsheviks, in order to preserve the institutions he headed. First of all, it concerned the Archaeological Commission, where he suggested a number of changes. These efforts were partially successful. A. A. Bobrinsky managed to implement some of the long-planned reforms. However, he realized that he couldn’t cooperate with the new authority, and was forced to leave Russia.

Key words: A. A. Bobrinskiy, Archaeological Commission, Temporary Government, V. I. Lenin’s government